Torremolinos prepares its first allotment gardens
TORREMOLINOS town hall has launched work on its first plot of allotment gardens to allow local residents to grow their own vegetables.
Around 70 allotments...
Court slams ‘Valenciano’ classroom controversy
THE REGIONAL Supreme Court (TSJ) did not beat about the bush when it ruled on whether the Valencia government is adhering to a court...
Kidnappers arrested – and victim too!
GUARDIA Civil have arrested two 40-year-old men and a 36-year-old woman, all Spanish nationals, for simulating a kidnap.
The three cooked up a plot, in...
Child murderer sentenced to 17 years
A MAN found guilty of murdering his partner’s three-year-old son has been sentenced to 17 years in jail.
At the end of the week-long trial...
Hunt on for illegal immigrants
POLICE in both Calpe and Moraira are searching for an unknown amount of illegal immigrants, when two abandoned boats were discovered in separate locations...
Billion euro golf bonanza
THE Costa del Golf is driving big money into Málaga, with a new report by the provincial government showing that the industry has become...
Protocol to detect rape-drug use to be launched in hospitals
A PROTOCOL developed by Marbella’s Costa del Sol hospital to detect the use of so-called rape-drugs – substances that can be put into a...
Animal aid group founders helped themselves
ANIMAL-LOVERS and pet shelters have been cruelly duped by a pair who pocketed over €300,000 in donations to feed rescued dogs and cats and...
Deputy PM ‘officially’ launches Benissa by-pass work
DEPUTY PM Soraya Sáez de Santamaría visited Benissa on Monday to officially sanction and open the construction of the long-awaited Benissa bypass.
After a four...
No answers to Kirsty Maxwell’s death
FOUR of the five men investigated over the death of 26 year-old Scots holidaymaker Kirsty Maxwell, who was part of a 20-strong hen party...
Short-circuit blamed for Guadalest forest fire
Initial investigations point at a short-circuit, caused by a pine tree falling on an electricity cable, as the igniting point for the forest fire...
Balearics attempts back-door ban on bullfights
THE regional government of the Balearic Islands has approved new legislation covering bullfighting and animal cruelty. If finally passed into law, it will mean...
CAM trial concludes
The trial against eight ex-directors of the failed CAM savings bank drew to a close last week after 15 hearings over two months at...
Guadalest on fire
Tanker planes have this morning returned to the picturesque Guadalest valley where a forest fire has so far destroyed 20 hectares of trees and...